The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Highland Hornets (Albuquerque, NM) and the host Valencia Jaguars (Los Lunas, NM), observed Highland's basketball team edge Valencia by a score of 48-43.

The Hornets (13-12) will now prepare for their challenge against St. Pius X (Albuquerque, NM). The Sartans come into the 4A District 5 challenge with a 19-5 record. In their last challenge, St. Pius X edged Valencia (Los Lunas, NM), 46-36, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Jaguars battle the Belen Eagles (Belen, NM) in a 4A District 5 challenge, on Friday, February 21. Valencia will attempt to improve on its 9-15 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 10-14 record after their 71-66 league loss to Grants (Grants, NM).